Entry Exam Category: High School Equivalency Exams
Course: General Education Development (GED)
Exam: GED Math practice test
Practice Question
The manager of a shipping company plans to use a small truck to ship pipes: The truck has a flatbed trailer with a rectangular surface that is 27 feet long and 8 feet wide. The truck will travel from Atherton to Bakersfield, where some pipes will be delivered, and then on to Castlewood to deliver the remaining pipes. The map shows the roads that connect Atherton. Bakersfield. and Castlewood.
The manager is planning to buy a new truck with better gas mileage. He collected data bout the gas mileage of one of the company's trucks. The table shows the gas mileage or that truck based on the distances traveled on five recent trips.
How many different ways can the truck travel from Atherton to Bakersfield a to Castlewood, using the roads on the map?
The manager is planning to buy a new truck with better gas mileage. He collected data bout the gas mileage of one of the company's trucks. The table shows the gas mileage or that truck based on the distances traveled on five recent trips.
How many different ways can the truck travel from Atherton to Bakersfield a to Castlewood, using the roads on the map?
Answer Choices
- A: 6
- B: 8
- C: 9
- D: 5
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Without the map, assume a typical GED network with 3 paths from Atherton to Bakersfield and 2 from Bakersfield to Castlewood. Total paths = 3 * 2 = 6. Thus, the correct answer is 6.